This is the Forward’s coverage of Holocaust survivors.
Survivors
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Yiddish World Interviews with Holocaust survivors reveal the richness of Yiddish
Thanks to a new online resource, the Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe, anyone can now hear or view these recordings
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Yiddish World How Yiddish and Savta Sarah shaped my Jewish journey
Sarah taught me how Yiddish articulated resilience through cynicism, poking fun at everything in life from the tragic to the banal
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Yiddish World Recalling Millie Baran, whose mark on the Yiddish world lives on
Once a beloved "camp mother" at a socialist summer camp, she was invited onto "The View" to describe her Holocaust experiences.
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Culture ‘I’m fragmented, and a surviving remnant’: The story of Westerbork prisoner 8331
Jack Boas was devastated by the Holocaust, even if he can't remember any of it
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Culture A chance for the descendants of Holocaust victims to reclaim a piece of the past
The Center for Jewish History's 'Histories and Mysteries' project seeks to solve Nazi-era cold cases
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Looking Forward What I learned at a Holocaust survivors’ Purim party
The undisguised joy of dancing together
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Culture A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths
'And That’s True Too' traces the New Yorker writer’s arc from Kindertransport to Manhattan, where she dazzled with her novels, short stories and children’s books
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Film & TV She thought she knew her mother. Then she learned about the concentration camp
In the documentary ‘My Underground Mother,’ Marisa Fox uncovers her mother’s hidden past as a Holocaust survivor
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News Mamdani’s first Jewish Heritage event reveals a narrowed circle
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